Type burnisher



Jan. 28 1930. G. WILDING 1,744,820

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- Jttamqy Inventor Patented Jan. 28, 1930 PATENT OFFICE FREDERICK GEORGEWILDING, F UNION CITY, NEW JERSEY TYPE BURNISHER Application filed May5, 1927. Serial No. 188,999.

My invention relates to type burnishers and particularly to devicesadapted to burnish type slugs after the same have been cast and has foran object to provide means for holding the slugs securely and in aposition permitting a rubbing board carrying an abrasive material to bemoved across the face thereof, thus removing all blisters and pits,leaving the surface of the type perfectly level.

A further object is to provide a device of this character of simple andinexpensive construction and adapted to be quickly at tached or detachedto a type slug casting machine.

Other objects and advantages reside in the special construction,combination, and arrangement of the various elements forming theinvention as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to 2 the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout the specification, and inwhich:

Figure 1 is an end View of the slug holder and cleaner in operativeposition,

Figure 2 is aside view thereof, Figure 3 is a detail perspective of therub bing board and Figure L is a fragmentary detail showing the abrasivematerial attaching means.

Referring now to the drawings, I have shown my invention comprising aburnishing slide 5 having a channel section formed longitudinallytherein and within the base of which is'cut a centrally disposed groove6, the groove extending outwardly of the ends of the slide and adaptedto receive the base section of a type similar to the Ludlow slugs, theslugs being adapted to have their upper faces extend slightly above thebase of the channel section. V

At each side of the channeledsection I arrange steel runners 7 securedtherein by a pair ofrunners 9, similar to the runners 7 arranged in theslide and adapted to slide thereupon. Between the runners I arrange astrip of abrasive material 10 preferably emery cloth or the like whichextends over each end of the board and is secured thereto by clampingmembers 11, said members having an inturned end provided with teeth forsecurely gripping the abrasive material.

The slide 5 is fixedly secured to a stand 12 provided with. suitableopenings 13 for attaching to a casting machine. Supporting blocks 14 arearranged to brace the slide upon the stand. I p

In the operation of the device it is obvious that after the type slughas been placed in the groove 6 that the rubbing board with the abrasivematerial thereon face downwardly will come into contact with the uppersurface of the type and by moving the slot and the board thereover, itwill operate to burnish the same.

It is obvious from the foregoing description that various changes andmodifications may be made in the construction of the device withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appendedclaim and I accordingly claim all such forms of the invention to which Iam entitled.

I claim:

. In combination, a type slug holder adapted to be secured to a typecasting machine or the like and having a channeled section providedtherein with a groove extending downwardly therefrom, runners arrangedwithin the channeled section, a burnishing board slidably arrangedwithin said channeled section and having runners disposed above therunners arranged therein, a strip of abrasive material secured to saidboard between the runners and disposed above the groove in said holderin burnishing engagement with the lugs carried by the holder andabrasive attaching means carried at each end of the board releasablysecuring the oppo- 1 site ends of the abrasive material in positionthereon.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FREDERICK GEORGE WILDING.

